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RICHARD VROMAN SMITH
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
February 14, 1946 – October 12, 1967
Service recordRichard Vroman Smith, of Dundee, New York, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 12, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 97
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- February 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Dundee, New York (Yates County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 97
- THOMAS G DERRICKSON IILieutenant Colonel · October 12, 1967
- WILLIAM THOMAS PERKINS JRCorporal · October 12, 1967
- JOSEPH LOUIS POKERJIMPrivate · October 12, 1967
- ROBERT MILTON WADEStaff Sergeant · October 12, 1967
From Dundee
- KENNETH ROSS KENTSergeant · March 3, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.